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20. Could I take a life?
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2022-08-03 06:58:33
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The One 21. Juicy talk
EVELYN I was counting my steps as I walked to Karen's home. It was something I had started doing since I was kid, and for some reason, people had found it quite disturbing.. especially my Mum. Well, I couldn't blame her as when I was little I used to count aloud but now the crazy was all done in my mind.No one really knew why I did that, or rather, why I had started doing it. For me, it was both relaxing as well ‘focusing’. It really helped me concentrate, and as a kid that was something I had had serious issues doing. While it was alright for kids to not be able to focus, I wasn't allowed to do so. As a witch, or a sorcerer of any sort, mind control was arguably the most important skill. Before any magician could do anything, the mind had to permit it. The mind, of course, didn't have any ‘energy’ of its own but was there to act as a switch. Now, as the mind was there to permit magical acts, it was left to the magician to keep it under perfect control so such acts would come in use
Huling Na-update : 2022-09-26The One 22. A piece of my mind
EVELYN There was something about being in a car that had always made me ridiculously happy. It was an absurd feeling, no doubt, but for unexplainable reasons, I was always happy being in a car... on the wheels in particular. It didn't have to my car or an expensive ride, those had nothing to do this with my love of driving...or simply being in a car. This weird interest of mine came all the way from the days of my childhood. Maybe it was because my Dad was the typical ‘car person’ and had taught me a lot about cars. I didn't have any interest in learning about how a car worked, how strong the engine was or whatsoever. I just enjoyed being in a car. I could remember sitting in the back seat with my younger brother. He would always have something to say, something to show me. I, on the other hands, preferred to just sit and enjoy the ride. I would savour the sound of the engine and would often try to communicate this feeling with my brother…. let's say he, like most other people, sa
Huling Na-update : 2022-09-26The One 23. I pay Mrs Haughter a visit
EVELYN Her home was very small and the only thing worth looking at in her whole compound was the tomatoes she planted. The flowers weren't well arranged and it was clear that she had only started growing flowers. I hit the door bell and in an instant, a woman opened the door.“Hi, I'm Evelyn Itacha, mother of….”“Oh, I know who you are, Evelyn.”I kept my face straight to make her know I didn't come to play. “Well, I don't know you and I will appreciate it if you refrain from calling me Evelyn, it's Mrs Itacha for you” “Mrs or Ms? Whatever, what do I owe this pleasure?”I took a moment to breathe and spoke looking her in the eye.“I understand that you are a teacher at my son's school and I would like to speak with you, if you don't mind.”“Of course I don't, come on in!”Her living room was really small and awfully decorated. I would rather live in a motel my whole life than call the structure I was in a home. Jeez, I was only angry at the woman and had started to take it on her h
Huling Na-update : 2022-09-26The One 24. When we did it first
DAMON We didn't go with any of our cars. Mason suggested we went with a rented car and particularly one we that had nothing to do with where we lived. It was black mini-van that wouldn't draw the attention of anyone.Mason had the radio on and he kept changing the station every two minutes.“What the hell are you doing?” I asked.He looked at me and made a silly face. “What does it looking I'm doing? Let me give you a hint, driving our asses to our death….”“I meant why the glorious fuck are you changing the station like every second?”“Everything is stupid on the radio, how does my mother cope with this?”I brought my head out of the window and savoured the feeling of the rushing winding against my face. It was a pretty day after all. Hell, with the season we were in, every day was pretty. Just then, I remembered the car trip my Mom took me on when I was only sixteen. It was time for the summer holiday and I had everything planned out. Back then in school, we always had our holiday
Huling Na-update : 2022-09-26The One 25. We got to Landera!
DAMON After driving for three long days, we finally got to Landera. Actually, we drove for only four hours but it felt like three days to me. Landera was a lovely town. The town was known for its participation in sport-related activities, and it could be clearly seen from the insanely big ‘Welcome to Landera‘ signboard that one saw before getting into the town. While Landera was way more lively than Woodhidge, it was still far away from any major city and it really told on the houses and the size and models of businesses there.Landera was more or less like Woodhidge...if Woodhidge had a community that worked as one, rather than everyone minding their business.“Let's park here, and get ourselves something to eat.”“I agree, I'm starving."We left the car and were about to enter a fast-food restaurant named ‘Blomba' when we saw a lady having a car trouble. Rather, tyre trouble. Her pump jack seemed to have oil leaking out of it.Mason being a ‘gentleman', went to meet her.“What is
Huling Na-update : 2022-09-26The One 26. Dead end
DAMON After driving for about ten minutes, we got to the house. The gate was opened. His car door—the driver’s side—was also opened. The silence in the compound was deafening, I couldn't just hear my breathing loudly but Mason's too.The place was dead silent.We checked the car carefully, though not knowing what to look for. Or if we should be looking for anything. Perhaps, we hoped we would see something that would give us a clue where Kelvin was. Or we just stalling because we were scared to walk into the house. We were filled with fear, not of anything but for the safety of Kelvin and his family of three.“Someone else was here.” Mason said.“We don't know that, we don't anything." I inhaled shakily, standing by Mason, both of us just before the entrance of Kelvin's home. We were so terrified! We had come all the way from Woodhidge only to stand in front of his house, shaking like little kids.“No, I can't do this." Mason turned around, trying to walk back.I grabbed his by the
Huling Na-update : 2022-09-26The One 27. A chat with Malcolm
DAMON Malcolm George was Kelvin's closest friend in Landera and if anyone knew what was going on, it was Malcolm. Malcolm was a shapeshifter and also a lawyer based in Landera.Mason was on the wheels driving to Malcolm's home, singing and as usual, trying to hit the high notes.. which he fails every damn time. Malcolm lived in Landera but his house was at the other side of the town so it would take a little while before getting there. My phone rang. It was no one else but Anita. Anita! We hadn't spoken since the last time I saw her.I picked the call.“Hi there, it's Anita. How are you doing?”“Hey, Anita, it's been a while, I'm fine, by the way.”She began to tell me, as usual, boring things about her very, very boring life, none of which I had asked for and I had zero interest in hearing anything from her, no matter how excited her tone was. Most of what I said was “oh" and “yeah”. Still she went on. “When will you be back to the town?" She asked. Back? How the hell did she kn
Huling Na-update : 2022-09-26The One 28. More hope
LUCAS It was another day spent working hard, trying the spell Mrs Haughter gave me over and over again. I had tried it hundreds of times, I had even begun to feel the magic in me more than I usually did. Still, the bond bracelet was hung on my wrist, unmoved by all my efforts. Almost as though it mocked me, telling me, “do all you want, buddy, you and I are in this forever”.“I will never be rid of this cursed object." I let out in frustration.George, without looking at me and said, “With this attitude, you definitely won't be rid of it."He continued flipping the pages of one of my mother's spell book, while I read the one Mrs Haughter gave me.“You know I'm trying, it's really not easy at all" I threw the book on my laps in anger. “Just how powerful is my mother!”“You don't stop when you are tired or frustrated, you stop when you are victorious,“ he said. “You saw read that somewhere, didn't you?”“Doesn't matter.”“George, believe me when I say I understand, but this is beginn
Huling Na-update : 2022-09-26
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The One 32. She is questioned
DAMON No one knew we had gotten into town. We had expected to arrive earlier but car troubles had other things in mind. “Why the f*ck should a rental have any issue? That's f*cking annoying, I should sue their f*cking asses!” Mason ranted. He was angry, that much was clear. But his anger had very little to do with the car having issues. He had been in and out of this mood since we left Landera. I guess being angry at everything was his own way of expressing his concern for Kelvin being missing, and also ‘cause our going to Landera didn't achieve much. “Just calm down, Mason, it's all fine.”“No it's not, rental companies should be more ethical than this, this is utter bullcrap.”I decided to allow him rant, he wasn't going to listen to anything I said in the kind of mood he was in. I left him and then headed home. Well, until I got thirsty for coffee and decided to hit the newly built cafe I spotted. Well, as pretty as it was, it wasn't yet operational. Some man that worked on t
The One 31. ANTI is for real
LUCAS George had gotten frustrated . . . I couldn't blame him, it wasn't undue. We should have met Declan, the Principal—and also my biological father who didn't know I existed—for help but I had kept pushing it away.It was more than just being scared. I just didn't want him in my life, he didn't and could never have a space in my life and that was nothing but pure facts. . .to me, at least.I know that the last time we spoke, I acted like I was ready. Well, guess what? I am not. I never will be. I had grown without a father for all of my life. It wasn't easy, hell, it was horrible. Especially since I knew my Mum was lying to me about many things. I couldn't count how many nights I had wished he would come. I had created a fantasy where he was somewhere on some special classified mission doing stuff only he could . . . like saving the world. As I grew, those fantasies, no matter how strong they had been to me, couldn't hold anymore. They weren't strong enough to sooth my crying he
The One 30. The short lady
EVELYN I had finally gotten my head around getting a Cafe, and it had been really slow. While starting anything was ever easy, especially a business, my not giving it enough of my time had so much to do with the slowness in getting everything together. I guessed I didn't expect half the drama I had had to face since returning to Woodhidge. It had literally been one drama to another, one weird situation to a weirder one.Jeez, I need a goddamn break. I needed a little me time. A time where I could just go for a vacation or something; stay on a beach and read some romance. How I wish!The good thing was that I didn't really need money. My late parents weren't exactly super rich or anything like that—at least it didn't seem that way—but you could bet they had some fat savings. Though I was the only child, I was really surprised they left their wealth for me, I would have thought Mum would have donated all of their wealth to saving goldfishes or something. The bad thing was that I wasn
The One 29. Abducted
TILDA School was kind of funny. Every year had a particular ‘vibe' it gave. The year we got into senior class, we were all nervous, at the very least. Rightfully so ‘cause there were many things that seemed out of place, and it was that way for everyone. For instance, some were worried about getting the right grades to get into the universities of their choice. Clearly, lot of brainiacs filled this category. There were those who were very worried about graduating from high school, these ones didn't even want to think about colleges— high school was trouble enough for them. There were also the ones who didn't really care about their exams and grades or anything academic related. They were thinking about their next steps in life, what they could do besides college and the path that has been mapped out for them since they were born. There were other categories too. Like the silly ones wondering what would become of they and their lovers when they don't have school anymore. Irrespecti
The One 28. More hope
LUCAS It was another day spent working hard, trying the spell Mrs Haughter gave me over and over again. I had tried it hundreds of times, I had even begun to feel the magic in me more than I usually did. Still, the bond bracelet was hung on my wrist, unmoved by all my efforts. Almost as though it mocked me, telling me, “do all you want, buddy, you and I are in this forever”.“I will never be rid of this cursed object." I let out in frustration.George, without looking at me and said, “With this attitude, you definitely won't be rid of it."He continued flipping the pages of one of my mother's spell book, while I read the one Mrs Haughter gave me.“You know I'm trying, it's really not easy at all" I threw the book on my laps in anger. “Just how powerful is my mother!”“You don't stop when you are tired or frustrated, you stop when you are victorious,“ he said. “You saw read that somewhere, didn't you?”“Doesn't matter.”“George, believe me when I say I understand, but this is beginn
The One 27. A chat with Malcolm
DAMON Malcolm George was Kelvin's closest friend in Landera and if anyone knew what was going on, it was Malcolm. Malcolm was a shapeshifter and also a lawyer based in Landera.Mason was on the wheels driving to Malcolm's home, singing and as usual, trying to hit the high notes.. which he fails every damn time. Malcolm lived in Landera but his house was at the other side of the town so it would take a little while before getting there. My phone rang. It was no one else but Anita. Anita! We hadn't spoken since the last time I saw her.I picked the call.“Hi there, it's Anita. How are you doing?”“Hey, Anita, it's been a while, I'm fine, by the way.”She began to tell me, as usual, boring things about her very, very boring life, none of which I had asked for and I had zero interest in hearing anything from her, no matter how excited her tone was. Most of what I said was “oh" and “yeah”. Still she went on. “When will you be back to the town?" She asked. Back? How the hell did she kn
The One 26. Dead end
DAMON After driving for about ten minutes, we got to the house. The gate was opened. His car door—the driver’s side—was also opened. The silence in the compound was deafening, I couldn't just hear my breathing loudly but Mason's too.The place was dead silent.We checked the car carefully, though not knowing what to look for. Or if we should be looking for anything. Perhaps, we hoped we would see something that would give us a clue where Kelvin was. Or we just stalling because we were scared to walk into the house. We were filled with fear, not of anything but for the safety of Kelvin and his family of three.“Someone else was here.” Mason said.“We don't know that, we don't anything." I inhaled shakily, standing by Mason, both of us just before the entrance of Kelvin's home. We were so terrified! We had come all the way from Woodhidge only to stand in front of his house, shaking like little kids.“No, I can't do this." Mason turned around, trying to walk back.I grabbed his by the
The One 25. We got to Landera!
DAMON After driving for three long days, we finally got to Landera. Actually, we drove for only four hours but it felt like three days to me. Landera was a lovely town. The town was known for its participation in sport-related activities, and it could be clearly seen from the insanely big ‘Welcome to Landera‘ signboard that one saw before getting into the town. While Landera was way more lively than Woodhidge, it was still far away from any major city and it really told on the houses and the size and models of businesses there.Landera was more or less like Woodhidge...if Woodhidge had a community that worked as one, rather than everyone minding their business.“Let's park here, and get ourselves something to eat.”“I agree, I'm starving."We left the car and were about to enter a fast-food restaurant named ‘Blomba' when we saw a lady having a car trouble. Rather, tyre trouble. Her pump jack seemed to have oil leaking out of it.Mason being a ‘gentleman', went to meet her.“What is
The One 24. When we did it first
DAMON We didn't go with any of our cars. Mason suggested we went with a rented car and particularly one we that had nothing to do with where we lived. It was black mini-van that wouldn't draw the attention of anyone.Mason had the radio on and he kept changing the station every two minutes.“What the hell are you doing?” I asked.He looked at me and made a silly face. “What does it looking I'm doing? Let me give you a hint, driving our asses to our death….”“I meant why the glorious fuck are you changing the station like every second?”“Everything is stupid on the radio, how does my mother cope with this?”I brought my head out of the window and savoured the feeling of the rushing winding against my face. It was a pretty day after all. Hell, with the season we were in, every day was pretty. Just then, I remembered the car trip my Mom took me on when I was only sixteen. It was time for the summer holiday and I had everything planned out. Back then in school, we always had our holiday
